Sanitary douche and internal bath



Nov. 8, 1932. AQMARUBIO SANITARY DOUCHE AND INTERNAL BATH 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 4, 1931 Nov. 8, 1932. A. MARUBIO 1,887,359

SANITARY DOUCHE AND INTERNAL BATH Filed Dec. 4, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 NOV. 8, MARUBIO 1,887,359

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. UNITED STA The purpose of this inventionis to provide e mounted in convenient relation to lavatory, bath and toilet fixture for v afiording the service of a sanitary douche,

as for personal cleansing,

an apparatus to b Patented Nov. 8, 1932 SANITARY noncnn Ann INTERNAL BATH,

Application filed December 4, 1931. Serial No. 578,880.

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administering ANGELO manunio, or CHICAGQIIILLYINOIS g stand, thelavatory being otherwise shown Figure 8. is'a view showing the device in front elevation as mounted atthe side of the lavatory by means of attachment to one of 55 enema, orother bodily treatment.

Specific purposes of the invention are to provide a construction which can be readily and securely mounted in convenient relation P to bath tub, lavatory, or toilet seat; to provide such construction adapted to per- "manently mounted in connection with hot and cold water pipes; to provide such con struction. in compactform adapted tobe set into the wall of, a bath room, exposing only an unobtrusive panel, and also adapted when mounted exteriorly to be decorative ratber than offensively suggestive of its purpose. The invention consists in the elements and features'of construction shown and described as indicated in the claim. 1 Inthe drawings:

Figurelis a perspective-view of a casing constituting an element of the invention for '25 mounting and enclosing the fittings constitut ing the connections of the douche with hot 7 and cold water supply pipes.

Figure 2 is a direct front elevation of the 4 device shown in Figure 1, the same shown mounted on the wall of'the bath room and with the closure swung to open position disclosing the water connection fittings niounted in the casing, and acontainer for medic- V v normally hanging at open position, but,

inal substance mounted on the closure.

4?."35 'Figure'3 isa section atthe line '3 -3 on 'Figure2y Figure 4 is a'sectionat the line 4-4 on Figure 2. I

Figure 5 is an elevation looking infthe direction of the arrow 5 on Figure 2.

Figure 6 1s a sectional v1ew showing the device mounted in the wall of the bathroom with the-closure at open position, section ,being of the wall above the device of which the casing accordingly is seenin plan view with the interior structure in dotted line.

Figure 7 1s a view showing the device. in

side elevation mounted at one side of the lavatory bymeans of attachment to the depending flange or apron of the lavatory stand and bowl being otherwise indicated i dotted-line. w I a I v Figure 9 is a perspective view of a bar and several clasps of-difierent slzesadaptedfor serving the purpose of mounting the device wthelavatory water supply pipes, the lavatory in the'difierent positions shown in theother j views. V

Figure 10 is a perspective viewv offa form of bracket of which two maybe, used for certain of the mountings shown in the other views. 7 L I v Figure 11 is a vertical sectional view showing the device mounted :at the water supply pipe end-of the bath tub whenthe toilet is beingcarried, by the bathtub supply pipes and by bracket attachment to the depending marginal flange of the bathtub at the end of the latter. a a u r a Referring to, the drawings in detail:

The casing indicated inentirety at A, is a cast metal box open at oneside, asseen at 20, and having at that side a displaceable closure shownas a. hinged lid, 21, the'cas'ing being designed to bemounted in fixed positionwith the open side vertical and the. lid hinged at the lower side of the opening for position: I i

In the casing,,A, 'there is mounted a unitary pipe fitting structure comprising pipe inleads, 23,23, and 24,24, joined to a common discharge, 25, connected by hose, 15, and

douche nozzle, 80, with hot and coldiwater controlling valves, 26 and 27, interposed in the inleads', 23'and 24, respectively, and a discharge control valve, discharge, 25. Y a V The discharge control valve, 28, is preferably arranged, as seenfin Figure 3, with a slotted head seen at 28 requiring for adjusting the valve, a key of the'nature of a 28, interposed the 1 s rew driver, the valve being too tightly fitted adjacent that end ofthe bath tub, thedevice I in Figure 2, the entranceto the inleads, 24,

to be adjusted manually without using such key, this being desirable as a precaution against accidental, careless or thoughtless manipulation of the valve in the direction for increasing the pressure, Whichmightbe thus increased beyond the point of safety, or at least beyond the point of comfortin the use of the device in the more usually required sanitary purpose. V.

But to enable the user to increase the pressure when desired for soine'use requiring or permitting greater pressure, there may be provided a removable keyconsisting of a short rod or pin, 29, for which a cross hole is provlded in the valve stem back ofthe slotted head, the pin being conveniently carried suspended by a short piece of chain attached to the fitting, as seen at 29?, within easy reach of the user, who may insert 'it through the valve stem, and by means of it as a handle adjust the valve for the desired pressure.

The unitary pipe fitting structure is formed with a base flange, 31, by which'it is seated and is mounted fixedly on the back wall ofthe casing by screws, 30, engaging lugs, 31, p of the base flange, 31,.said fitting being thus secured with the inleads, 23 and 24, extending respectively through holes in the back wall and end walls of thecasing and protruding for coupling to the hot and cold water supply plpes p When the situation makes itconvenient to mount the casing in the wall of the bath r0om,as when the hot and cold water supply pipes are led up within the'wall with elbowor T-fittings' within the wall for attaching hot and cold water faucets, the casingmay be held firmly positioned in the wall by the coupling of the inleads, 23, 23,to the termi-' nal elbows, 35, 35, of the supply pipes, as seen 24, being plugged; but for further security of suchmounting in the wall, the marginal flange, 22, ofthe casing at the upper side is furnished with bolt holes, 36, 36, adapting the casing to carry bolted rigidly thereto supporting bar, 37 which may be secured to the wall by bolts or screws at points in the length of the bar selected for reaching studding by the screws, for which purpose the bar has a plurality of screw holes, .37, 37 spaced at short intervals in its length a When it is more convenient to mount the casing otherwise than in the'wall, as on a service-fixture,bath tub, lavatory or toilet seat,the mounting may be effected by means hereinafter described,- and the inleads, 24, 24, will be connected with the hot and cold water supply pipes by flexible hose, as indicated at 39, 39, in Figure 8,'the inleads, 23,

, 23, being capped or plugged.

For mounting the casing on bath tub, lavatory, or toilet seat, which has the customary form of downwardly projecting marginal flange lip or skirt, there is provided a pair of brackets, 40, 40, seen in Figure 10, having a flat limb, 41, at right angles with a forked limb, 42, 43, the forked limb being dimensioned as to the fork gap for clasping and being clamped to the marginal flange lip or skirt of the bath tub, lavatory or toilet seat, a clamp screw, 44, being set in the forked limb, 43, for clamping the bracketto said niarginal feature.

support of the casing afforded bythe two brackets stable against liability to sag at one endor the other, and also at the distance necessary for accommodating the mounting means to the form and extent of the lip of the fixture on which the case is mounted by the brackets.

When it is not'convenient to mountthe casing in the wall, and when the service fix tures,-bath tub, lavatory or toilet sea-t,are not furnished with any marginal feature,

' such as a flange skirt or lip to which attachmentca'n be made by the fork limbed brackets described, it will usually be found mostl convenient to mount the complete structure comprising the casing and the unitary pipe fitting structure and other appurtenances ad- :jacent to the lavatory and toilet by secure; ment to one of the Water supply pipes lead' ing to the lavatory faucet. And for such mounting there-are furnished with the bar, 37 or one similar, clasps, 50, '51 and 52, of different sizes adapted for clasping pipes of different sizes, said clasps having flange feetj *,"for bolting to the bar, 37, andsaid bar is provided with bolt holes, 54 and 55, for bolts securing a clasp corresponding to the size of the lavatory supply pipe which may be accessible'belowthe lavatory stand usually at' the rear side, one of said bolt holes,'54, being an elongated slot to accommodate the spacing of the bolt holes in the flange feet of the clasps according to the spread of the clasp selected to fit the size of the pipe. i

To this'bar, 37 the casing, A, is secured by bolting either to exterior lugs, 60, 60, with which the casing is provided at its upper side, or to the marginal flange, 22, whichever may be more convenient in view of the rela tive positions of the lavatory and toilet. And

for mounting the casing on the bar at the most convenient position in the length of the bar,

the latter has a plurality of bolt holes, 37, 37 spaced apart in the length of the bar) the space interval being an aliquot part of the distance between the bolt holes in the lugs, 60,

60, and of the equal distance between the bolt holes, 36, 36, in the marginal flange, 22; so that the casing may be mounted on the bar the distance between consecutive bolt holes of the bar, viz, said aliquot part of the distance between the bolt holes in the lugs, 60, 60.

In Figure 7 the casing, A, is shown mounted as above described by means ofthe brackets, 40, 40, at the side of the lavatory adjacent the toilet seat.

In Figure 8 the casing, A, is shown mounted by means of the bar, 37, as above described, at the side of the lavatory adjacent the toilet seat; and in Figure 11 said casing is shown mounted at the water-pipe-connected end of the bath tub adjacent to which the toilet seat is located, the mounting of the casing on the bath tub being effected by either or both of the means above described.

As illustrated in Figure 11 both means are used, viz, the brackets, 40, 40, attached to the depending'ma-rginal flange or lip, 38, at the end of the bath tub, and also by the bar, 37, attached in the manner more clearly seen in Figure 8 to one of the bath tubwater supply pipes, 39, and by bolts, 49, to the lugs, 60, 60, of the casing or to the marginal flange, 22, of the casing.

For the purpose of impregnating the tempered water with medicinal substance, there is provided mounted upon the inner side of the'casing closure lid, 21, a container, M, for medicinal substance. This container is preferably in bellows form, consisting of a relatively stifi' base, M andhead, M shown as of hard rubber connected by a collapsible bellows member, M The container is arranged to be interposed in the hose connection leading from the discharge, 25, to the douche nozzle, 80, and for that purpose it is furnished at opposite sides with inlet and discharge nipples, 65, and 66, with suitable coupling, 67 and 68, the coupling, 6?, being connected by a short piece of hose, 69, with the swivel couplings, 29, at the discharge, 25, and the coupling, 68, being connected with the hose leading to the douche nozzle. The nipple, 65, is mounted fixedly in the head plate, M and the nipple, 66, in the form of an elbow, is mounted fixedly in the peripheral flange m of the base member, M the elbow being upturned for receiving the swivel coupling, 68. Thebellows member,

M is clamped liquid-tight to the circumferential margin of the head plate M at the under side thereof by suitable clamping ring,

71, and the lower end of said bellows memher is similarly clamped onto the upper side of the circumferential margin of the base member h 1 by a clamping ring, 72, the bolts, 73, for so clamping it projecting through the base member and being screwed into the closure lid, 21, and serving the additional purpose of mounting the container, M, on said closure lid.

At one end of the casing, A, there is mounted a container,'N, for toilet paper, thiscontainer being shown'as adapted to receive a customary form of toilet paper roll, but it may be in any'suitable form for receiving toilet paper in'other form. This container, N, is shown bolted to the side of the casing, A, but obviously may have. its main member cast integrally with the casing, A.

I claim: I

A sanitary douche apparatus comprising in combination with a casing open at one side and adapted to be mounted in fixed position with said open side-exposed, a pipe fitting construction mounted in the casing consisting of pipe inleads for hot and cold water making junction with each other for common discharge with independent valves control ling the inleadsv respectively, and a third valve controlling the common discharge; said pipe fitting construction being mounted .on the inner wall of the casing with the inleads extending outthrough said wall for connection respectivelyoutside the casing with hot and cold water supply pipes; the discharge beingarranged for hose connection leading" to a douche nozzle, and the casing being interiorly dimensioned for storing a substantial length of hose therein about said unitary pipe fitting structure, and having a displaceable closure for the open side, the closure of the casing having mounted on its inner side a liquid-proof container for medicinal substance, said container having at opposite sides nipples adapting it to be interposed in the discharge hose for impregnating the water delivered to the douche, said container consisting of relatively stifi' head and base plates, and acollapsible bellows member connecting said stiffplates, the nipples for connection with the inleadi-ng and douche-connecting hose being mounted in the head and base plates respectively. v I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 2nd day of: December, 1931.

ANGELO MARUBIO. 

